Improvement in piano-forte pedals



A. A. RHEUTAN. Piano-Forte Pedal.

Patented Nov. 12,1878.

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ABRAM A. RHEUTAN, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN PIANO-FORTE PEDALS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 209,775, dated November12, 1878; application filed February 2, 1878.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, ABRAM A. RHEUTAN, of\Vorcester, in the county of YVorcester and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Piano- Pedals; and Ideclare the following to be a description of my said inventionsufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable others skilled in the artto which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, andin which Figure l is a sectional'view of a piano, illustrating thenature and use of my invention. Figs. 2 and 3 show a side and front viewof a piano-pedal constructed in accordance with my invention, and ha ingthe extension-arm formed solid with the pedal-bar. Figs. at and 5 show aside and front sectional view of the same, with the extension-arm madeattachable to the pedal-bar by clamp device.

The object of my invention is to provide a pedal. device for pianoswhich can be conveniently operated by children, as well as grown persons3 and my invention consists in a pianopedalha-vin g an upward andforward extension or arm, with foot-pad, whereby the pedal mechanismmaybe operated by pressing the foot upon said extension or upon the padof the pedal-bar.

In the drawings A denotes the pedalbar, provided with the foot-pad a,and supported in the lyre 13 by the pivot-pin b in the usual manner, itsrear end operating the rod 0 and parts connected therewith, whichlatter, being arranged in any ordinary and well-known in anner, requireno further description herein.

Upon the pedal-bar A, back of the foot-pad a and in front of the lyre B,I arrange an extension pedal or arm, D, which projects up ward andforward, in the manner illustrated, to a position where its end orfoot-pad d can be conveniently reached by the foot of a child whensitting upon the stool E in front of the piano, in proper position forpractice. (See Fig. 1.)

The extension-bar D maybe made in different forms, hereinafterdescribed, to meet the requirements of different circumstances. It maybe cast in a single piece with the pedalbar A, as shown in Figs. 2 and3; or it may be made, as in Figs. 4 and 5, with ear-pieces c 6, screwsff, and clamp-plate g, or equivalent devices, so as to be firmly clampedto the pedal-bar. This latter method permits of readily applying the extension-arm D to pedals of pianos in use.

The arm D and pad (1 in no way interfere with the use of the pad rainthe usual manner, so that the pedal mechanism is equally well adapted tothe convenient use of all, whether children or grown persons.

hat I claim as new and of my invention, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is-

1. A piano-pedal having two steps, adapted for use of either withoutchange of adjustment, and made integral or in one piece, substantiallyas and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth.

2. In combination with the pedal-bar A, the extension-arm D, attached bymeans of the earpieces e, clamp-plate g, and screwsf, substantially asshown and described.

\Vitness my hand this 26th day of January, A. D. 1878.

ABRAM A. RHEUTAN.

Vitnesses CHAS. H. BURLEIGH, D. HARRINGTON.

